Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos, Instituto de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales, (1992). First edition. Softcover. 4to. 231,[20],pp. Pictorial wrappers. Some discoloration to wraps. Illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs. Text in Spanish. Very good condition. More
New York: Phaidon Press, 2012. Second edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 592pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over red paper covered boards. " The Art Book presents an informative A-Z guide to the greatest painters, photographers and sculptors from medieval times to the present day. It debunk art-historical classifications by throwing together brilliant..... More
[Germany]: NP, ca. 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong elephant folio. Bolted half cloth over textured color paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover. Contains 300 highly-textured, multi-colored samples of wallpaper. First leaf with 19 mounted, heavily embossed smaller (app. 3" x 3") Lincrusta samples, remaining 281 samples measure 11 1/2"..... More
NP: NP, 1899, 1900. Original artwork. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio. 27 plates. Original string-tied three quarter textured black cloth over pebbled cloth boards with plain labels on cover and spine. A collection containing twenty-seven plates of watercolors and pen and ink drawings. Fourteen plates of jewelry designs are rendered in..... More
New York: Art Voices, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Signed in bold blue marker across title page with message to unidentified addressee "Happy Easter and love & all, Boris." Folio. 29 (1)pp. Original photo-illustrated cover with black and brown lettering on cover. Profusely illustrated art magazine featuring Boris Lovet-Lorski. Inside covers..... More
Berlin: Rudolf Haufe, 1943. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 132 pp. Original tear-off calendar with color photograph on cover. Complete with mostly b/w photographs with circus and entertainment motives from various European photographers and circus archives. Few stills from film productions, some in color. One b/w portrait of Adol Hitler by..... More
Leipzig: Ernst Oldenburg, (1930). Ten 7" x 9 1/4" reproductions of photographs of women in the nude resting in original printed portfolio with pictorial paste-down and folding flaps. Adolf Karl Hubert Koch (1896-1970) was a German school teacher, doctor, and leader of the German Freikörperkultur (German nudist movement) in the..... More
New York: British Information Services, 1942. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 18 unpaginated pages. Original illustrated wraps with black lettering on covers. Content printed on inside covers. Covers with striking artwork of the bombing of London during The Blitz. An impressive collection of b/w photographs, photomontages and drawings depicting the German..... More
Rüdesheim a./Rhein: Asbach "Uralt" ND (ca 1920). First edition. Softcover. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. [70]pp. Original printed wrappers, with Asbach "Uralt"'s logo in red and black on front cover. Chromolithographic frontispiece depicting three bottles of various brandy manufactured by the company. Founded in 1892 by Hugo Asbach, "Asbach Uralt" is a...... More
Havana: Asociación Democrática de Refugiados Hebreos, 1944. First edition. Softcover. Small folio. 24pp. Illustrated staple-bound green printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Published September 4th 1944, this is issue #43 of the periodical from Asociación Democrática de Refugiados Hebreos, released in time for the Jewish high holidays..... More
Chicago: Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago, ND (ca 1942). First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. [16]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Established in 1929, the Associated Talmud Torahs oversees Orthodox programs for the Jewish youth of Chicago. Illustrated with 8 b/w photographic reproductions, this booklet sheds light on the association itself (a..... More
NP: NP, ca 1920s. Original artwork. Loose leaf. A collection of two original architectural renderings pertaining to the conception of neon signs at a German movie theater in the 1920s or early 1930s. The pieces are a 10 x 7" gouache on cardboard, with the following caption in pencil: Leüchtfahne..... More
Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romine, 1956-1966. Softcover. Oblong 4to. 5 volumes. Illustrated red cloth with gilt lettering. Decorated endpapers. 1570 numbered full-page color maps. Vol. II-V in original dust wrappers. Maps of the Romanian-speaking world. Phonetic chart and additional maps in rear pockets of all but the first volume..... More
Firenze (Florence): Edizioni U Firenze, 1948. Softcover. Small 4to. x. 261pp. Original paper wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper and spine. Minor tears to head and tail of spine. Discoloration and staining to spine and wrappers. Corners slightly bumped. Great work on figurative art. In Italian. Wrappers in fair..... More
Rome: NP, 1967. Softcover. 4to. xxi. 548pp. Gray wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper and spine. All page edges untrimmed. Fascinating work of Mycenology (Mycennean Studies in the U.K.): The field of "Mycenology" is named after the main deciphered script, known as Linear B. Linear B was used by..... More
Paris: [Librairie Chaux], [1903]. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 x 9"). 232pp. Contemporary 3/4 crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Illustrated with 17 full-page and 45 in-text b/w illustrations, this work, published anonymously, is a satyre of the roulette and other casino games flourishing in..... More
Köln: Malmedé & Geissendörfer, 1900. First edition. Softcover. Quarto oblong. 53 leaves. Original stiff brown wraps bound with decorative strings, white lettering on cover and photograph mounted and embossed. Green-toned heliogravure plates of furniture and decorations embossed on 50 card stock pages. Descriptive captions below images and company information on..... More
Vienna: Edition Sammlung Essl, 2002. First edition. 4to. 166pp. An exhibition catalogue from the Essl Collection. Text in German and English. Includes artists from mailny European countries, as well as from the United States, Iran and Australia. In near fine condition. More
Wien: Verlag für Architektur und Kunstgewerbe Friedrich Wolfrum & Co., (1907). First edition. Hardcover. 30 pochoir and finely printed color plates & title-page resting in original three-quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards portfolio with gold lettering on spine and string ties. The exquisite pochoir plates (17 1/4" x 12 3/4")..... More
Berlin: H. Schnaebeli & Co., ca. 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Folio. (1) 22 plates. Original red pebbled cloth portfolio with decorative gilt, red and black borders, gilt lettering and publisher's device on cover, beveled edges. Inside cover and top of flaps with textured white cloth. No copies listed in..... More
Bergamo: Nationale Faschistische Partei, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 258, [6]pp. Original half cloth over photo-illustrated paper covered boards, with red lettering on spine. Facsimile of a manuscript letter signed by Mussolini as the frontispiece. German-language edition of the famous Italian catalogue of the national exhibition celebrating the 10 year..... More
Vienna: Wiener Frauenkomitee "Die Frau" / Wiener Organisation Kinderfreunde / Sozialistische Jugend, 1950. Original document. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/4"). (2) 20 (2)pp, missing leaf with pp. 11 and 12. Two prospectus with 4 respectively 5 leaves. Color-illustrated newsprint with two-color lettering; mimeographed prospectus, all protected by modern..... More
Chemnitz: Städtische Museum, 1931. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 15 (1)pp., 16 plates. Original two color 'wrap-around' woodcut cover, folded and extended to inside covers and endpapers, printed to heavy handmade paper, protected by modern mylar. Title page design original one color woodcut. Catalog of the Erich Heckel exhibition from March..... More
Berlin: Akademie der Künste, 1937. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 51pp., 30 plates. Original illustrated light green wraps with black lettering on cover. Organized by the French government in cooperation with the Preußische Akademie der Künste in Berlin under the patronage of Hermann Göring and French Ambassador André Francois-Poncet. Rigid review..... More
Berlin: Preussische Akademie der Kunste, 1943. Softcover. 8vo. 30pp., followed by 32 plates. Wrappers. Blind stamped front wrapper. Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated with 32 full page captioned b/w photographs. Minor staining to wrappers, not affecting text. Captions and text in German. Very good condition. More